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Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Laurence Saunders, fully clothed with hands clasped as in prayer, is tied to the stake at Coventry. Saunders is facing the left of the image. The executioner nails the chain to the stake while Saunders proclaims: “Welcome life." He is surrounded by a rowdy crowd of soldiers and civilians, a few... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A single man, known as “Peake,” is chained to the stake at Ipswich. Fully clothed, he extends his arms out toward the crowd that is gathered beneath him. In earlier editions this martyrdom is illustrated by Luborsky and Ingram 11223/18, which appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Edmund Tyrell burns Rose Allin’s hand as she carries a pitcher of water for her mother. Tyrell is very finely dressed and is observed by three soldiers who stand by. Allin’s mother, who is lying in bed ill, is pictured at the far right of the image. A man kneels outside the mother’s door and h... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Four men and three women--John Fishcocke, Nicolas Whyte, Nicolas Pardue, Barbara Fynal widow, Wilson’s wife, and Alice Benden--are chained to three stakes and are engulfed by large flames. All seven martyrs are fully clothed. The three men are all chained to the stake at the far left of the image... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Three women-- Katherine Hut, Elizabeth Thackvel, and Joan Horns, are burned at the stake. All three women are fully clothed and have their hands clasped in prayer. The execution takes place at Smithfield and the women are surrounded by a group of soldiers, several of whom are on horseback. Rev... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Two women, Agnes Potten and Joan Trunchfield, are tied to the stake back-to-back. Both are fully clothed and have their arms outstretched in prayer; they appear to be pleading for their lives. The women are engulfed by flames below them and are surrounded by six soldiers who appear to be adminis... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Anne Albright, Joane Catmer, John Lomas, Agnes Snoth, and Joane Sole are chained together to two stakes at Canterbury. They are surrounded by faggots and engulfed by very large flames. A small man in the foreground of the image is tending the pyre while a large crowd gathers around the burning ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: “The martyrdome [martyrdom] of Master Iohn [John] Philpot Archdeacon, with the manner of his kneeling and praying at the Stake.” Philpot, marked "Philpot" in the image, appears at the right of the image and is kneeling before the stake and bundles of faggots. With his arms outstretched, Philpot... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Five martyrs -- George Catmer, Robert Streater, Anthony Burward, George Brodbridge, and James Tutty – are chained about the waist to two stakes at Canterbury. All are fully clothed and four of the five men have their hands clasped in prayer. The fifth man appears to be conversing with the soldie... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Thomas Wats, fully clothed and with his hands clasped in prayer, stands chained at the waist to a stake. He is engulfed by flames and a black cloud hovers above him. A woman and several children, tears streaming down their faces, plead for his life. Wats is surrounded by a large crowd of soldi... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: John Frith and Andrew Hewet, hands folded as in prayer, stand back-to-back and tied to the stake. An active and rowdy crowd gathers around the two men as onlookers look out the windows of the buildings in the background. The man in the lower right corner of the image prepares to ignite the fagg... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Seven Coventry martyrs—two women and five men--are chained to three stakes and burned. Some of them extend their arms upward, others clasp their hands in prayer, and one crosses her hands over her chest. They appear to be elevated above the large crowd of civilians and soldiers that stand below... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Five men stand fully clothed and chained to two separate stakes. Four of the men are bearded and all of the men appear to be clasping their hands in prayer. A crowd of soldiers observes. The caption of the engraving indicates that the martyrdom took place at Canterbury on November 10th of 1558... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "Thomas Benion burnt at Bristoll. Aug 27 1557." A bearded man, eyes closed and arms up-raised, stands fully clothed and chained to the stake while flames engulf him. A crowd of soldiers observes. A soldier to the right of the image sits on a horse and appears to be administering the martyrdom. ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "The patient Martyrdome of a poore woman at Exeter, being one Prests wife." A woman, identified as Prest’s wife (“God be Mercifull [Merciful] to me a Sinner”) stands fully clothed and chained to the stake. She has her arms raised as if she is gesturing while speaking to the crowd that surrounds... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "Foure burned at St. Edmunds Bury." Four men--John Cooke, Robert Myles alias Plummer, Alexander Lane, and James Ashley-- stand clothed in robes and chained to two stakes. They are surrounded by flames and each man has his arms extended toward the crowd that surrounds them. In earlier editions,... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Margaret Thurston and Agnes Bongeor stand back-to-back, chained to a stake amidst burning faggots. Both women are fully clothed. The woman at the left has her hands clasped in prayer while the woman at the right has her hands outstretched to the crowd of soldiers and civilians that surrounds th... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: One woman and three men-- Rafe [Ralph] Allerton, James Austoo, Margery Austoo, and Richard Roth--are chained and burning at two stakes. All four martyrs are fully clothed. Two of the martyrs have their hands clasped in prayer. A crowd of soldiers, some of whom are on horseback, observes. Revis... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Three women and three men--William Bongeor, Tho. Benold, W. Purcas, Agnes Siverside alias Smith, Helene Ewring, and Elizabeth Folkes-- are chained and burned at two separate stakes at Colchester. All six martyrs are fully clothed and the three men are chained at the stake to the left while the th... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Ten martyrs (six men and four women) are chained to five separate stakes. All of the martyrs are fully clothed and are engulfed by large flames. Three men and two women have their hands clasped in prayer. A crowd of soldiers observes the burning; two soldiers at the far left of the image are o... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Five martyrs burn at Smithfield: Tho. Loseby, Henry Ramsey, Thomas Thyrtell, Margarete Hyde, and Agnes Stanley. They are chained to two separate stakes; all are fully clothed and have their hands clasped in prayer. They are engulfed by large flames and thick black clouds of smoke hover above the...